Ranthambore Latest News: Leopard hit with bike of devotees inside Ranthambore Park. Leopard collided with bike, suppressed. ... Scared and ran up.

The accident occurred on the way to the Trinetra Ganesh temple near Aadaa Balaji beyond the Mishra darrah Gate of Ranthambore. The incident took place on 27 March 2021, a day before the festival of Holi in Ranthambore National Park, which was an accident, but recorded as an exciting event in the history of the Forest.

A Mumbai-based wildlife photographer, Sridhar Sivaram, captured a clash between a leopard and a bike rider on Ganesh Mandir Road in his camera. He also highlighted problems with wildlife management and norms on movement of vehicles up to Ganesh Mandir and Fort in Ranthambore National Park. 

What happened on Ganesh Mandir Road near Aada Balaji?

It was Saturday. One day before Holi festival. It was around 1.40 in the afternoon. Three people were riding on the bike returning from the Ganesh temple. The speed of the bike will be around 30. Nature guide Bobby Bhargava alerted his tourist on hearing the alarm call of the langur. "Get ready the leopard will cross the road." At this point, suddenly the leopard came out of the bushes and appeared on the road and suddenly collided with the bike coming from the front.

The bike riders shouted in panic. The balance of the bike rider deteriorated and the bike fell on the leopard. But in a blink of an eye, the resilient - agile leopard fled quickly for fear of saving his life.

The accident was captured on camera like this

Leopard was about to cross the road. It was expected that Leopard would jump. Wildlife photographer Sridhar Sivaram was on spot with Ranthambhore nature guide Bobby to capture the same in his camera. During this time, Leopard collided with the bike. Although all three people suffered minor injuries during this period, the leopard escaped immediately.

Wildlife photographer Sridhar Sivaram has given complete information on his Facebook account like this. 

Sridhar Sivaram writes in his Facebook post that…

"I am giving an update of a very sad incident that I witnessed in Ranthambhore .. a day before Holi . We were on a full day .. and after the morning safari decided to explore zone 10 . With not much activity, we decided to head back to explore zone 4 . It was around 1.30 that we entered the Main Road which leads to the gate . Because of Holi .. we saw a lot of people on foot and on bike and car . The traffic on that road seemed busy. At one of the water points ( Mishra Darrah ) , we saw some people taking selfies . I asked my guide, Bobby .. " Is'nt this Arrowheads area, and people are walking around and taking selfie. A tiger can come anytime " . He just smiled, sort of indicating that nothing can be done .. As we headed a few 100 meters, (around the Adda Balaji Temple area ) .. we heard loud langur calls . There is a small pond on the left of the road .. and we could see the ripples in the water . We reversed our vehicle , and parked it on the side. Just then .. Bobby said .. "get ready .. Leopard will cross the road" .. Suddenly the leopard jumped from the bushes to cross the road .. but unfortunately a bike was coming from the other side, with three men on it. The leopard crashed on to the bike .. causing the bike to skid . The pictures will tell the rest of the story .Fortunalely the leopard and the men escaped with very minor injuries . It is high time that the Ranthambhore forest authorities decide to regulate free movement of people on this road." 

Ranthambore National Park in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan is called one of the largest parks in northern India. Ranthambore is often crowded to do jungle safaris. Recently, an incident came to light whose live picture was captured by well-known wild photographer Sridhar Sivaram in his camera. During this time, there was some incident about which he posted with full details on his facebook and Instagram account.